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Adjusting NNP for instrumental or defensive expenitures: an analytical approach
(Discussion papers;134, Working paper, 1994-12)In this paper we provide a formal analysis to evaluate the subtraction of defensive expenditures from GDP. We consider expenditures that are used to produce non-market goods as candidates for being subtracted from GDP. It ... -
Effects of norms, warm-glow and time use on household recycling
(Discussion Papers;No. 389, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: The aim of this paper is to quantify the relative importance of motivations based on warm-glow, social and moral norms and cost of time used recycling on household recycling efforts. We also test for crowding-out ... -
Environmental tax reform and producer foresight : an intertemporal computable general equilibrium analysis
(Discussion Papers;No. 185, Working paper, 1996)This paper analyses the non-environmental welfare costs of an environmental tax reform using a numerical intertemporal general equilibrium model for the Norwegian economy. The tax reform is revenue neutral such that an ... -
Labour market rigidities and environmental tax reforms : welfare effects of different regimes
(Discussion Papers;No. 242, Working paper, 1998)The working of the labour market is important for the total welfare effects of tax reforms. This paper analyses, by using a computable general equilibrium model for the Norwegian economy, how different assumptions about ... -
Taxation, unemployment and growth: dynamic welfare effects of "green" policies
(Discussion Papers;No. 183, Working paper, 1996)This paper analyses the effects of so-called "green" tax reforms on a small, open economy producing an imperfect substitute for foreign goods, using an intertemporal general equilibrium model. The labour market is characterised ... -
The export of Russian gas to Europe: breaking up the monopoly of Gazprom
(Discussion Papers;No. 494, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: Having exports from more than one Russian gas producer has been an important issue in the Russian–EU energy dialogue during the last decade. Nevertheless, in June 2006, Russian Federal law legalized the de ... -
The social contingency of wants implications for growth and the environment
(Discussion Papers;No. 227, Working paper, 1998)Economic models typically assume that individual wants are determined by forces exogenous to the economic system. Social psychology and consumer research, in contrast, support the view that the perceived benefits of ... -
The welfare cost of market power : accounting for intermediate good firms
(Discussion Papers;No. 502, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: The market power of firms in intermediate good markets is found to generate a substantial welfare cost. Markup pricing of intermediate good firms contributes to increase the wedge between the marginal product ... -
The welfare effects of carbon policies: grandfathered quotas versus differentiated taxes
(Discussion Papers;No. 261, Working paper, 1999)Recently, it has been demonstrated that pre-existing distortionary taxes can substantially increase the costs of market-based instruments which do not raise revenue, such as non-auctioned emissions quotas. Revenue-raising ...